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SUMMARY:American Beauty (MA 15+) PRESENTED IN 35MM FILM
LOCATION:The Revival House Perth
DESCRIPTION:American Beauty (MA 15+\, 1999) Presented in 35mm Film by The 
 Revival House Perth Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a suburban husband an
 d father trapped in a state of quiet desperation\, disconnected from his c
 areer\, his controlling wife Carolyn (Annette Bening)\, and his resentful 
 teenage daughter Jane (Thora Birch). When Lester becomes infatuated with h
 is daughter's friend Angela (Mena Suvari)\, the obsession ignites an unexp
 ected midlife awakening\, prompting him to abandon the conventions of his 
 stagnant suburban existence—quitting his job\, taking up smoking marijua
 na with his teenage neighbour Ricky (Wes Bentley)\, and rediscovering a se
 nse of freedom and self-determination he thought he'd lost. As Lester's re
 bellion against suburban conformity unfolds alongside Carolyn's own affair
  and Ricky's troubled home life next door\, the film peels back the polish
 ed surface of American suburbia to reveal the desperation\, longing\, and 
 hidden beauty simmering beneath. Director Sam Mendes\, in his feature debu
 t\, crafts a darkly comic\, visually poetic meditation on suburban malaise
  and the search for authentic meaning beneath a life of conformity. Kevin 
 Spacey delivers an Academy Award-winning performance\, balancing Lester's 
 pathetic midlife crisis with genuine\, hard-won moments of clarity and sel
 f-awareness. Annette Bening brings brittle desperation to Carolyn\, while 
 Thora Birch and Wes Bentley's performances as disaffected teenagers provid
 e the film's most genuine emotional register. Conrad L. Hall's Academy Awa
 rd-winning cinematography renders suburban America with both satirical dis
 tance and unexpected visual beauty\, most memorably through Ricky's video 
 footage that finds transcendence in mundane\, decaying imagery. Thomas New
 man's distinctive score underscores the film's blend of dark comedy and me
 lancholic introspection\, cementing American Beauty's status as a defining
  cinematic statement on turn-of-the-millennium American anxiety and longin
 g. Original format and audio experience of this film faithfully reproduced
  by The Revival House. Presented in 35mm film unless noted otherwise. When
 : Sunday\, September 20th at 6:45PM Where: The Revival House at the Como T
 heatre Rating: MA 15+ (Adult themes\, Medium level violence\, Drug use)\n\
 nBoletos: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/488fa438-92e7-44a6-a50
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